Sixteen Horses by Greg Buchanan is the debut literary thriller from this extraordinary new, gifted author. Sixteen horses lie buried on a lonely farm near the English seaside town of Ilmarsh, once a haven for holiday makers it is now a ghost of its former self. The local police detective, Alec Nichols, discovers the bodies, each with a single eye facing the watery winter … [Read more...] about Sixteen Horses by Greg Buchanan – Book Review
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The Crying Forest by Venero Armanno – Book Review
The Crying Forest by Venero Armanno, the award-winning Brisbane novelist, is an unusual mix of the supernatural and underworld crime. It is set in Brisbane and the surrounding rural districts. The chief protagonist is Agata Rosso, an elderly European witch, who wishes to restore the youth and vigour of herself and her dying husband. To achieve this successfully she … [Read more...] about The Crying Forest by Venero Armanno – Book Review
Lovebirds by Amanda Hampson – Book Review
Lovebirds by Amanda Hampson, bestselling author of The Yellow Villa and Sixty Summers, tells the story of two school friends, Elizabeth (Lizzy) Clayton and Virginia (Ginny) Moncur, who grew up in the small town of Nullaburra outside Sydney. Coming from very different backgrounds, they remain best friends well into their sixties until Ginny’s passing. Lizzy, who … [Read more...] about Lovebirds by Amanda Hampson – Book Review
The Secret Path by Karen Swan – Book Review
The Secret Path by Karen Swan is her 20th novel. It is set in Costa Rica, a country that attracts the wealthy from abroad with its beautiful beaches, and rainforests teeming with rare wildlife species. All is not as it appears in paradise, however, and tension is building due to conflicting interests. The Tremain family have been involved in the conservation of this … [Read more...] about The Secret Path by Karen Swan – Book Review
The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird – Book Review
The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird is the second entrancing novel by this talented author. In his job of long-time custodian of The Emporium of Imagination, Earlatidge Hubert Umbray is sent to the small, rural township of Boonah in Queensland. Arriving in a 1954 Holden FJ, he is accompanied by a dome-top lunchbox, and a marmalade cat, who has the abilities … [Read more...] about The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird – Book Review